X10 interface for Windows Media Center

MCESoft links to the new MyHome plug-in, which allows you to control an X10 home automation system via a PC running Windows Media Center Edition 2005:

MyHome for Media Center is a plug-in to control your X10 home automation system. At this time it’s programmed to work with the PowerLinc II Serial/TW523 X10 Interface, a serial to X10 converter, but it may be revised to be modulair and support other hardware drivers if there is enough interest for it. There is no configuration needed for the plug-in to work, the COM ports are scanned and a connection to the X10 Interface is set up automaticly.

I’ve been meaning to look into adding X10 components to my home for a while, but never got around to it. I suspect one reason is the horrible reputation the company got for being … well, let’s call them a pioneer in the field of pop-up advertising on the Internet.

But the technology is really cool, even if their advertising is terrible.